Drake Motor & Tire Manufacturing Company

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Drake Motor & Tire Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1921
resolution 1922
Seat Knoxville , Tennessee , USA
management WF Drake
Branch Automobiles

Drake Motor & Tire Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WF Drake had experience with the Southern Automobile Manufacturing Company . He founded the company in 1921 in Knoxville , Tennessee . The aim was the production of passenger cars , trucks , tractors , tires , bodies and metal parts. Cars, trucks and tractors were made from 1921 to 1922. The brand name was Drake .

A total of around 10 to 15 cars and one truck have survived. The tires came from the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company , contrary to the initial intention .

vehicles

The Four had a four-cylinder engine . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The only structure was a touring car with five seats.

The Six had a six-cylinder engine of Herschell-Spillman . It made 57 hp . The wheelbase was 323 cm. Five-seat touring cars and five-seat sports models have survived. A touring car with seven seats was made for the silent film actress Mildred Reardon .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1921-1922 Four 4th 254 5-seater touring car
1921-1922 Six 6th 57 323 Touring car 5-seater, Sport Model 5-seater

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 492-493 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 457 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 492-493 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 457 (English).